A35439:1778
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Henry Overton, 1647
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Or secondly, In a figure, Mine own clothes, that is, mine own works shall abhor me. Hypocrites are said to come in sheeps-clothing (Mat. 7.) that is, doing the works of those who are sincere, appearing like them in practice. And when we are warned to keep our garments (Revel. 16.15.) the meaning is, that we must keep faith and a good conscience in every act of our lives.
Or secondly, In a figure, Mine own clothes, that is, mine own works shall abhorre me. Hypocrites are said to come in sheeps-clothing (Mat. 7.) that is, doing the works of those who are sincere, appearing like them in practice. And when we are warned to keep our garments (Revel. 16.15.) the meaning is, that we must keep faith and a good conscience in every act of our lives.
Thirdly, It may have respect to lepers, whose clothes did abhor them, because they wore some mark of difference upon their garments, showing that they were to be shunned, and their company avoided.
Thirdly, It may have respect to lepers, whose clothes did abhor them, because they wore some mark of difference upon their garments, shewing that they were to be shunned, and their company avoided.
But rather in general, Mine own clothes shall abhor me, notes extreme pollution. If I justify my self before God,1